PA1NTING is a short film about painting, partially created with AI (Runway Gen-3 Alpha, Frames).

In the film, Nea is working on her acrylic painting "Clearing in the Enchanted Forest". She's so engrossed in it that she seems to fall into the picture—landing softly on the forest floor. But in this enchanted forest world, it's not really her; it's an AI-created human who only resembles her and says the following sentence (in her voice): "That's exactly how I imagined it." When she emerges from her thoughts, back at home in her painting corner, she hangs up her acrylic painting, contented.

Photo: Courtesy of the artist, NEA